Posts Categorized: Ask the Mediatrician

Q: Yesterday one of my daughter’s friends committed suicide. She was a sophomore in college. I am saddened and angry. I went to the girl’s Facebook page and saw that she had 1,194 friends. All of her pictures show her with an impossibly bright smile. Her wall is full of messages sounding like, “I know… Read more »

Q: What is the appropriate way to introduce screen media to our three-and-a-half-year-old son? We don’t own a TV, and our son’s exposure to screens has been limited to occasionally taking photos and video and watching Curious George on our smartphones once or twice a week, as a reward, for 10-30 minutes. He’s a very happy… Read more »

Dear Reader, Welcome to another Media Moment! In this post, Christina Akre, a PhD candidate from Switzerland, serving a year-long fellowship at CMCH, shares a story about how she learned to better frame the balance between media and real-world activities after watching her kids blend both activities in their play. These stories are meant to help… Read more »